The Wrap Up

Well, it was a day of...FOOD. Lol I took a photo-journal, ever thinking of YOU dear bloggers, I hope you did the same!

Is any Thanksgiving complete without the pilgrims? But more importantly, Rachel made this beautiful sunflower napkin holder out of polymer clay...gracious I love that girl.




Setting the table...

This is the first year that I REALLY taught Rachel the ins and outs (so to speak) of the meal. It was little but IMPORTANT things like splitting the stuffing into two bowls...one being the bowl that you used to stuff the turkey with so that the spoon that went into the turkey stayed SEPARATE than the one that we ate directly out of!

Without Daddy....
moving things around is A LOT harder!

The beginnings of famous deviled eggs!

Next three are of "We are so hungry we can't wait!" food..we always have appetizers a couple of hours before...no time to make lunch so we make little snackies...

I confess this is the FIRST time I left a prayer to take a picture... I don't think I am going to hell for catching Kate looking so sweet..It was totally worth it.

Here it comes!

The bird!

And all the fixin's!

The girls were excited to get sparking grape juice for the first time...I had to go out and buy glasses for the occasion. $2.97 at Wally...MAN that was worth it!

Daddy never has anything has to drink but had a little champagne tonight...
and looks happy about it. Lol

Mmm Mmm good!

This might be the best pic I have seen lately...we had such a fun dinner!






I always cook on Thanksgiving....but the REALLY great thing is I don't make the kids help clean up...now you may not get this, but our kids RUN the house...our goal biblically, is to have each girl by 13, able to fully run the house. All of it. Think we are tough? Nah...Americans are just SOFT. Our girls want and do and ARE fully capable and are not slaves...America has SOFTENED the Christian...to ridiculous standards...but that is for another post.
My POINT is that they do it everyday. But on THIS day, when it is SO big a mess(since I evidently don't cook "clean" as the experts say) I clean it all on my own.

Wow. Whew. But really? No problem. I am SO thankful for them...and all that they are already capable of. More than 5 times tonight (literally), the girls came in trying to stop me from cleaning so they could do it..but no, no, I shooed them away...it is my gift to them.

And see? I made it...and it wasn't so bad...
I love each amazing gem I have and wish you all the best of days from here and into the new year. I love YOU!